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1	=head1 NAME	1	=head1 NAME
2		2
3	RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information	3	RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information
4		4
		5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
		6
		7	# set a new font set
		8	printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
		9
		10	# change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
		11	export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
		12
		13	# set window title
		14	printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
		15
		16	=head1 DESCRIPTION
		17
		18	This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
		19	all escape sequences, and other background information.
		20
		21	The newest version of this document is
		22	also available on the World Wide Web at
		23	L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/checkout/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
		24
5	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS	25	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
6		26
7	=over 4	27	=over 4
8		28
		29	=item The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select
		30	single words?
		31
		32	Yes. For example, if you want to select alphanumeric words, you can use
		33	the following resource:
		34
		35	URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
		36
		37	If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
		38	more and more.
		39
		40	To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
		41
		42	URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{\|})]+)
		43
		44	Please also note that the I<LeftClick Shift-LeftClik> combination also
		45	selects words like the old code.
		46
		47	=item I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I
		48	change/disable it?
		49
		50	You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
		51	B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
		52	rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
		53
		54	If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
		55	identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
		56	B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For
		57	example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify
		58	this B<perl-ext-common> resource:
		59
		60	URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
		61
		62	This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
		63	extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
		64	scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any
		65	other combination either by setting the B<searchable-scrollback> resource:
		66
		67	URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
		68
		69	=item Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
		70
		71	I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
		72	bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
		73	that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
		74	compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
		75	with C<--disable-everything>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
		76	features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
		77	already in use in this mode.
		78
		79	text data bss drs rss filename
		80	98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
		81	188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
		82
		83	When you C<--enable-everything> (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft
		84	and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
		85	libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
		86
		87	text data bss drs rss filename
		88	163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
		89	1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
		90
		91	The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
		92	encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
		93	and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
		94	encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
		95	compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
		96	memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
		97	few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
		98	not used.
		99
		100	Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
		101	a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
		102	memory.
		103
		104	Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
		105	still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
		106	(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
		107	43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
		108	startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
		109	extremely well g.
		110
		111	=item Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
		112
		113	Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
		114	to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
		115	of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
		116	shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
		117
		118	My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
		119	the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
		120	are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
		121	domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.
		122
		123	Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
		124	in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
		125	C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
		126	not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
		127	system with a minimal config:
		128
		129	libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
		130	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
		131	libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
		132	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
		133
		134	And here is rxvt-unicode:
		135
		136	libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
		137	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
		138	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
		139	libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
		140	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
		141
		142	No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
		143	except maybe libX11 :)
		144
		145	=item Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
		146
		147	rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with
		148	tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing programs,
		149	and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into other programs,
		150	as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl
		151	module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example
		152	embedding application.
		153
9	=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?	154	=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
10		155
11	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape	156	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
12	sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window title to the version number.	157	sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When
		158	using the @@RXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
		159	daemon.
		160
		161	=item I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
		162
		163	The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
		164	patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before
		165	reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and
		166	install the genuine version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>)
		167	and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the
		168	problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be
		169	reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report
		170	the bug).
		171
		172	For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
		173	probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
		174	bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
		175	might encounter the same issue.
		176
		177	=item I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?
		178
		179	You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure>
		180	now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
		181	runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
		182	except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
		183	be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
		184	the future) depends on it.
		185
		186	You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources
		187	system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful
		188	behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
		189	C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
		190	perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
		191
		192	If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
		193	one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with
		194	C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
		195	encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
		196
		197	=item I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?
		198
		199	Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably not
		200	bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of freetype
		201	+ fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be
		202	secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it
		203	runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. Besides, with the embedded perl
		204	interpreter the possibility for security problems easily multiplies.
		205
		206	Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some
		207	systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for
		208	ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is planned to mvoe this into
		209	a forked handler process, but this is not yet done.
		210
		211	So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your
		212	typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that
		213	its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues
		214	regularly.
13		215
14	=item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?	216	=item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
15		217
16	The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available	218	The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
17	as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).	219	as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
28	C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of	230	C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
29	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different	231	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
30	colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice	232	colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
31	quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.	233	quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
32		234
33	If you always want to do this you can either recompile rxvt-unicode with	235	If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
34	the desired TERM value or use a resource to set it:	236	can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
		237	resource to set it:
35		238
36	URxvt.termName: rxvt	239	URxvt.termName: rxvt
37		240
38	If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace	241	If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
39	the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.	242	the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
40		243
		244	=item C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
		245
		246	Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by
		247	C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.
		248
		249	=item C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@.
		250
41	=item I need a termcap file entry.	251	=item I need a termcap file entry.
		252
		253	One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
		254	systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
		255	library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
		256	for C<rxvt-unicode>.
42		257
43	You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.	258	You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
44	You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program	259	You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
45	like this:	260	like this:
46		261
47	infocmp -C rxvt-unicode	262	infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
48		263
49	OR you could this termcap entry:	264	Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
50		265
51	rxvt-unicode\|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\	266	rxvt-unicode\|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
52	:am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\	267	:am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
53	:co#80:it#8:li#24:\	268	:co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
54	:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\	269	:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
55	:K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\	270	:K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
56	:RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\	271	:RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
57	:as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\	272	:as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
58	:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\	273	:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
59	:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\	274	:dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
		275	:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
60	:im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\	276	:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
61	:k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\	277	:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
62	:k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\	278	:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
63	:kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\	279	:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
64	:ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\	280	:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
65	:ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\	281	:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
66	:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\	282	:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
67	:st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\	283	:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
68	:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\	284	:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
69	:vs=\E[?25h:	285	:vs=\E[?25h:
70		286
71	=item How can I configure rxvt-unicode so that it looks similar to the original rxvt?	287	=item Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
72		288
73	Felix von Leitner says that these two lines, in your F<.Xdefaults>, will make rxvt-unicode	289	The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
74	behave similar to the original rxvt:	290	decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
		291	file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among
		292	with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
75		293
76	URxvt.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1	294	TERM rxvt-unicode
77	URxvt.boldFont: -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1	295
		296	to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
		297
		298	alias ls='ls --color=auto'
		299
		300	to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
		301
		302	=item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
		303
		304	=item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
		305
		306	=item Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
		307
		308	Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
		309	distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
		310	by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
		311	features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
		312	GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
		313	file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
		314	I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
		315	how to do this).
		316
		317	=item My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
		318
		319	Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
		320	specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
		321	by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how
		322	this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
		323	keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
		324	helped.
78		325
79	=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?	326	=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
80		327
81	=item Unicode does not seem to work?	328	=item Unicode does not seem to work?
82		329
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85	subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.	332	subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
86		333
87	Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the	334	Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
88	programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the	335	programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
89	login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to	336	login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
90	sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.	337	something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
91		338
92	The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run	339	The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
93	into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.	340	into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
94		341
95	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"	342	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
96		343
97	If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not	344	If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
98	supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which	345	supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
99	displays this. If it displays sth. like:	346	displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
		347	it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
		348	like:
100		349
101	locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...	350	locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
102		351
103	Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.	352	Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
104		353
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115	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want	364	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
116	to display.	365	to display.
117		366
118	B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement	367	B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
119	font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks	368	font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
120	bad. Many fonts have totally strange characters that don't resemble the	369	bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
121	correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial intelligence	370	resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
122	to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe the font that	371	intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
123	the characters it contains indeed look correct.	372	the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
124		373
125	In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,	374	In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
126	e.g.:	375	e.g.:
127		376
128	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...	377	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
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130	When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base	379	When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
131	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the	380	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
132	next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this	381	next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
133	search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.	382	search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
134		383
135	The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base	384	The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
136	font, as the base font defines the principal cell size, which must be the	385	font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
137	same due to the way terminals work.	386	must be the same due to the way terminals work.
138		387
139	=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?	388	=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
140		389
141	This is because there is a difference between script and language --	390	This is because there is a difference between script and language --
142	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output	391	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
143	is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode	392	as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
144	first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for	393	sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
145	it. Subsequent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese	394	display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
146	characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first	395	chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
147	non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font	396	non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
148	-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for	397	-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
149	japanese characters that are also chinese.	398	chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
150		399
151	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font	400	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
152	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as	401	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
153	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font	402	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
154	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.	403	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
155		404
156	In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the	405	In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
157	internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for	406	runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
158	the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been	407	fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
159	designed yet).	408	has been designed yet).
		409
		410	Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
		411	I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
160		412
161	=item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?	413	=item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
162		414
163	Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character	415	Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
164	size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might	416	size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
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170	however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding	422	however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
171	box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to	423	box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
172	ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these	424	ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
173	cases).	425	cases).
174		426
175	It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, or	427	It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
176	the respective font. If you encounter this problem there is no way to work	428	or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
177	around this except by using a different font.	429	the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
		430	might be forced to use a different font.
178		431
179	All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding	432	All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
180	box data is correct.	433	box data is correct.
		434
		435	=item On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
		436
		437	Seems to be a known bug, read
		438	L<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
		439	following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
		440
		441	#define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
181		442
182	=item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.	443	=item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
183		444
184	The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set	445	The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
185	correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by	446	correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
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189	rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.	450	rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
190		451
191	In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than	452	In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
192	one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.	453	one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
193		454
		455	=item I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
		456
		457	Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
		458	international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
		459	advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
		460	codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
		461	character and so on.
		462
194	=item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?	463	=item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
195		464
196	First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminfo	465	First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
197	(C<urxvt>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then make sure	466	(C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
198	you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise rxvt-unicode	467	make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
199	might use reverse video to simulate the effect:	468	rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
200		469
201	URxvt*colorBD: white	470	URxvt.colorBD: white
202	URxvt*colorIT: green	471	URxvt.colorIT: green
203		472
204	=item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?	473	=item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
205		474
206	For some unexplainable reason, some programs (i.e. irssi) assume a very	475	For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
207	weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the	476	colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
208	standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of	477	8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
209	course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very	478	these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
210	good reasons.
211		479
212	In the meantime, you can either edit your C<urxvt> terminfo definition to	480	In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
213	only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will fix colours	481	definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
214	but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.	482	fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
215		483
216	=item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.	484	=item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
217		485
218	Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined	486	Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
219	in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,	487	in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
220	wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that	488	wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
221	B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.	489	B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
222		490
223	As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor	491	As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
224	does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of	492	does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
225	B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely legal.	493	B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
226		494
		495	However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and
		496	C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>.
		497
227	However, C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support	498	C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support multi-language
228	multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and	499	apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
229	non-standardized) representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to	500	representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to convert between
230	convert between B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any	501	B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
231	other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and	502	without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
232	every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything	503	simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything except the current
233	except the current locale encoding.	504	locale encoding.
234		505
235	Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this	506	Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
236	by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling	507	by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
237	with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple	508	with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
238	conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements	509	conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
239	encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).	510	encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
240		511
241	The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the	512	The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
242	system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry	513	system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
243	complete replacements.	514	complete replacements for them :)
		515
		516	=item I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
		517
		518	Try the diff in F<doc/solaris9.patch> as a base. It fixes the worst
		519	problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem.
		520
		521	=item How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
		522
		523	rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
		524	the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
		525	longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
		526	single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or
		527	C<-rootless> mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
		528	old libW11 emulation.
		529
		530	At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
		531	encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited
		532	to 8-bit encodings.
244		533
245	=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?	534	=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
246		535
247	=item Is there an option to switch encodings?	536	=item Is there an option to switch encodings?
248		537
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250	specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about	539	specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
251	UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.	540	UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
252		541
253	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting	542	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
254	the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all	543	the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
255	applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width and	544	applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
256	code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>.	545	and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
		546	that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
		547	characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
		548	locales).
257		549
258	Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All	550	Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
259	programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the	551	programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
260	interpretation of characters.	552	interpretation of characters.
261		553
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268	C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms	560	C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
269	(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.	561	(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
270		562
271	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for	563	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
272	the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,	564	the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
273	i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the same for rxvt-unicode.	565	i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
		566	rxvt-unicode.
274		567
275	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start	568	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
276	rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.	569	rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
277		570
278	=item Can I switch locales at runtime?	571	=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
279		572
280	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets	573	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
281	rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.	574	rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
282		575
283	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS	576	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
284		577
285	See also the previous question.	578	See also the previous answer.
286		579
287	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one	580	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
288	locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support UTF-8. For	581	one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
289	example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which first switches to a	582	(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
290	locale supported by xjdic and back later:	583	first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
291		584
292	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS	585	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
293	xjdic -js	586	xjdic -js
294	printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8	587	printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
295		588
		589	You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
		590	for some locales where character width differs between program- and
		591	rxvt-unicode-locales.
		592
296	=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?	593	=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
297		594
298	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the same	595	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
299	effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:	596	effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
300		597
301	printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"	598	printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
302		599
303	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a	600	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
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308		605
309	=item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?	606	=item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
310		607
311	Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For	608	Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
312	example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans	609	example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
313	Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround is to enable	610	Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
314	freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:	611	enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
315		612
316	URxvt*italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true	613	URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
317	URxvt*boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true	614	URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
318		615
319	=item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?	616	=item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
320		617
321	You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the	618	You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
322	terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:	619	terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
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326	Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still	623	Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
327	use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to	624	use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
328	input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input	625	input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
329	method limits you.	626	method limits you.
330		627
		628	=item Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
		629
		630	Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
		631	design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
		632	leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
		633	exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
		634	while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
		635	crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
		636
		637	So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
		638
331	=item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?	639	=item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
332		640
333	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for sth. you	641	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
334	don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that	642	don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
335	you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,	643	you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
336	when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded	644	when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
337	accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.	645	accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
338		646
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345		653
346	=item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?	654	=item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
347		655
348	Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as	656	Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
349	it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable	657	it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
350	antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of	658	antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of
351	memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.	659	memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
352		660
353	=item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?	661	=item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
354		662
355	Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to	663	Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
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364		672
365	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing	673	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
366	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've	674	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
367	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A	675	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
368	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are	676	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
369	depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)	677	depressed.
370		678
371	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?	679	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
372		680
373	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the	681	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
374	standard foreground colour.	682	standard foreground colour.
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391	resources (or as long-options).	699	resources (or as long-options).
392		700
393	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,	701	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
394	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:	702	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
395		703
396	Rxvt*color0: #000000	704	URxvt.color0: #000000
397	Rxvt*color1: #A80000	705	URxvt.color1: #A80000
398	Rxvt*color2: #00A800	706	URxvt.color2: #00A800
399	Rxvt*color3: #A8A800	707	URxvt.color3: #A8A800
400	Rxvt*color4: #0000A8	708	URxvt.color4: #0000A8
401	Rxvt*color5: #A800A8	709	URxvt.color5: #A800A8
402	Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8	710	URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
403	Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8	711	URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
404		712
405	Rxvt*color8: #000054	713	URxvt.color8: #000054
406	Rxvt*color9: #FF0054	714	URxvt.color9: #FF0054
407	Rxvt*color10: #00FF54	715	URxvt.color10: #00FF54
408	Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54	716	URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
409	Rxvt*color12: #0000FF	717	URxvt.color12: #0000FF
410	Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF	718	URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
411	Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF	719	URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
412	Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF	720	URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
		721
		722	And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
		723	me) as "pretty girly".
		724
		725	URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
		726	URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
		727	URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
		728	URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
		729	URxvt.color0: #000000
		730	URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
		731	URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
		732	URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
		733	URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
		734	URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
		735	URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
		736	URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
		737	URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
		738	URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
		739	URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
		740	URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
		741	URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
		742	URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
		743
		744	=item How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
		745
		746	Try C<@@RXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@RXVT_NAME@@d to open the
		747	display, create the listening socket and then fork.
413		748
414	=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?	749	=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
415		750
416	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the	751	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
417	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following	752	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
…		…
436		771
437	# use Backspace = ^?	772	# use Backspace = ^?
438	$ stty erase ^?	773	$ stty erase ^?
439	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@	774	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
440		775
441	Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).	776	Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>.
442		777
443	For an existing rxvt-unicode:	778	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
444		779
445	# use Backspace = ^H	780	# use Backspace = ^H
446	$ stty erase ^H	781	$ stty erase ^H
…		…
455	properly reflects that.	790	properly reflects that.
456		791
457	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.	792	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
458	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete	793	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
459	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute	794	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
460	(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.	795	(C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
461		796
462	Some other Backspace problems:	797	Some other Backspace problems:
463		798
464	some editors use termcap/terminfo,	799	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
465	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,	800	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
…		…
469		804
470	=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?	805	=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
471		806
472	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless	807	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
473	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can	808	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
474	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym	809	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
475	0xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
476		810
477	Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'	811	Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
478		812
479	!# ----- special uses ------:	813	URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
480	! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.	814	URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
481	tn3270font: clean-bold----15-*	815	URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
		816	URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
		817	URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
		818	URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
		819	URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
		820	URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
		821	URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
		822	URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
		823	URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
		824	URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
		825	URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
		826	URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
		827	URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
		828	URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
		829	URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
		830	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
		831	URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
		832	URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
482		833
483	! keysym - used by rxvt only	834	See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
484	! Delete - ^D
485	tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
486
487	! Home - ^A
488	tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
489	! Left - ^B
490	tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
491	! Up - ^P
492	tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
493	! Right - ^F
494	tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
495	! Down - ^N
496	tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
497	! End - ^E
498	tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
499
500	! F1 - F12
501	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
502	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
503	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
504	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
505	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
506	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
507	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
508	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
509	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
510	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
511	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
512	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
513
514	! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
515	tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
516	tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
517		835
518	=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.	836	=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
519	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4	837	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
520	has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.	838	has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
521		839
…		…
524	F27 == Home	842	F27 == Home
525	F29 == Prior	843	F29 == Prior
526	F33 == End	844	F33 == End
527	F35 == Next	845	F35 == Next
528		846
529	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible keyboard	847	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
530	mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for	848	keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
531	your particular machine.	849	required for your particular machine.
532		850
533	=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?	851	=item How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
534	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.	852	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
535		853
536	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can	854	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
537	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,	855	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
538	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or	856	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
…		…
567		885
568	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,	886	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
569	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to	887	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
570	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.	888	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
571		889
		890	=item My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
		891
		892	Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
		893	channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
		894	interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
		895
572	=back	896	=back
573		897
574	=head1 SYNOPSIS	898	=head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
575
576	# set a new font set
577	printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
578
579	# change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
580	export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
581
582	# set window title
583	printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
584		899
585	=head1 DESCRIPTION	900	=head1 DESCRIPTION
586		901
587	The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of	902	The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
588	B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,	903	B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
589	followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all	904	followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all
590	features selectable at C<configure> time.	905	features selectable at C<configure> time.
591		906
592	=head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
593
594	=head1 Definitions	907	=head1 Definitions
595		908
596	=over 4	909	=over 4
597		910
598	=item B<< C<c> >>	911	=item B<< C<c> >>
…		…
726	Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character	1039	Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
727	only I<unimplemented>	1040	only I<unimplemented>
728		1041
729	=item B<< C<ESC Z> >>	1042	=item B<< C<ESC Z> >>
730		1043
731	Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>	1044	Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>
732		1045
733	=item B<< C<ESC c> >>	1046	=item B<< C<ESC c> >>
734		1047
735	Full reset (RIS)	1048	Full reset (RIS)
736		1049
…		…
740		1053
741	=item B<< C<ESC o> >>	1054	=item B<< C<ESC o> >>
742		1055
743	Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)	1056	Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
744		1057
745	=item B<< C<ESC> ( C> >>	1058	=item B<< C<ESC ( C> >>
746		1059
747	Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.	1060	Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
748		1061
749	=item B<< C<ESC> ) C> >>	1062	=item B<< C<ESC ) C> >>
750		1063
751	Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.	1064	Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
752		1065
753	=item B<< C<ESC * C> >>	1066	=item B<< C<ESC * C> >>
754		1067
…		…
895		1208
896	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>	1209	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>
897		1210
898	Send Device Attributes (DA)	1211	Send Device Attributes (DA)
899	B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal	1212	B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
900	returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video	1213	returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
901	Option'')	1214	Option'')
902		1215
903	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>	1216	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>
904		1217
905	Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)	1218	Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)
…		…
1021		1334
1022	=item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>	1335	=item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>
1023		1336
1024	Save Cursor (SC)	1337	Save Cursor (SC)
1025		1338
		1339	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Pt t> >>
		1340
		1341	Window Operations
		1342
		1343	=begin table
		1344
		1345	B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Deiconify (map) window
		1346	B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Iconify window
		1347	B<< C<Ps = 3> >> B<< C<ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t> >> Move window to (X\|Y)
		1348	B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t> >> Resize to WxH pixels
		1349	B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Raise window
		1350	B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Lower window
		1351	B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Refresh screen once
		1352	B<< C<Ps = 8> >> B<< C<ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t> >> Resize to R rows and C columns
		1353	B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Report window state (responds with C<Ps = 1> or C<Ps = 2>)
		1354	B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Report window position (responds with C<Ps = 3>)
		1355	B<< C<Ps = 14> >> Report window pixel size (responds with C<Ps = 4>)
		1356	B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Report window text size (responds with C<Ps = 7>)
		1357	B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Currently the same as C<Ps = 18>, but responds with C<Ps = 9>
		1358	B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Reports icon label (B<< C<ESC ] L NAME \234> >>)
		1359	B<< C<Ps = 21> >> Reports window title (B<< C<ESC ] l NAME \234> >>)
		1360	B<< C<Ps = 24..> >> Set window height to C<Ps> rows
		1361
		1362	=end table
		1363
		1364	=item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
		1365
		1366	Restore Cursor
		1367
1026	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>	1368	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>
1027		1369
1028	Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)	1370	Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1029
1030	=item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1031
1032	Restore Cursor
1033		1371
1034	=back	1372	=back
1035		1373
1036	X<PrivateModes>	1374	X<PrivateModes>
1037		1375
…		…
1271		1609
1272	=begin table	1610	=begin table
1273		1611
1274	B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed	1612	B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1275	B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed	1613	B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
		1614
		1615	=end table
		1616
		1617	=item B<< C<Ps = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>)
		1618
		1619	=begin table
		1620
		1621	B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>)
		1622	B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1276		1623
1277	=end table	1624	=end table
1278		1625
1279	=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>	1626	=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>
1280		1627
…		…
1329	B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>	1676	B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1330	B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>	1677	B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1331	B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>	1678	B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1332	B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>	1679	B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1333	B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1680	B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1334	B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1681	B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]
1335	B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1682	B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]
1336	B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >>	1683	B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >>
1337	B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>	1684	B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
1338	B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>	1685	B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
1339	B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>	1686	B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
1340	B<< C<Ps = 50> >> Set fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>, with the following special values of B<< C<Pt> >> (B<rxvt>) B<< C<#+n> >> change up B<< C<n> >> B<< C<#-n> >> change down B<< C<n> >> if B<< C<n> >> is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used I<empty> change to font0 B<< C<n> >> change to font B<< C<n> >>	1687	B<< C<Ps = 50> >> Set fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>, with the following special values of B<< C<Pt> >> (B<rxvt>) B<< C<#+n> >> change up B<< C<n> >> B<< C<#-n> >> change down B<< C<n> >> if B<< C<n> >> is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used I<empty> change to font0 B<< C<n> >> change to font B<< C<n> >>
1341	B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>	1688	B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
1342	B<< C<Ps = 701> >> Change current locale to B<< C<Pt> >>, or, if B<< C<Pt> >> is B<< C<?> >>, return the current locale (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension)	1689	B<< C<Ps = 701> >> Change current locale to B<< C<Pt> >>, or, if B<< C<Pt> >> is B<< C<?> >>, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1343	B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> (rxvt-unicode extension)	1690	B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile menubar).
1344	B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1691	B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1345	B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >>	1692	B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency).
		1693	B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
		1694	B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1346	B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.	1695	B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
1347	B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.	1696	B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1348	B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.	1697	B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1349	B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.	1698	B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
		1699	B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
		1700	B<< C<Ps = 721> >> Move viewing window down by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
		1701	B<< C<Ps = 777> >> Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form C<extension:parameters> (Compile perl).
1350		1702
1351	=end table	1703	=end table
1352		1704
1353	=back	1705	=back
1354		1706
…		…
1406		1758
1407	=item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>	1759	=item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
1408		1760
1409	set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the	1761	set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
1410	following format specifiers:	1762	following format specifiers:
1411	B<%%> : literal B<%> character	1763
1412	B<%n> : rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)	1764	B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1413	B<%v> : rxvt version	1765	B<%v> rxvt version
		1766	B<%%> literal B<%> character
1414		1767
1415	=item B<[done]>	1768	=item B<[done]>
1416		1769
1417	set menuBar access as B<readonly>.	1770	set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
1418	End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.	1771	End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
…		…
1564		1917
1565	As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start	1918	As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
1566	with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be	1919	with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
1567	appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.	1920	appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
1568		1921
1569	As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC]> sequences from a menubar (or	1922	As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC ]> sequences from a menubar (or
1570	quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.	1923	quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1571		1924
1572	=over 4	1925	=over 4
1573		1926
1574	=item For example,	1927	=item For example,
…		…
2010	=end table	2363	=end table
2011		2364
2012	=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS	2365	=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2013		2366
2014	General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration	2367	General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2015	hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the	2368	hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use
2016	./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,	2369	the F<./reconf> script as a base for experiments. F<./reconf> is used by
2017	so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always	2370	myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2018	report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann	2371	always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2019	<rxvt@schmorp.de>.	2372	Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
		2373
		2374	All
2020		2375
2021	=over 4	2376	=over 4
2022		2377
2023	=item --enable-everything	2378	=item --enable-everything
2024		2379
2025	Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure	2380	Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
2026	--help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant.	2381	--help".
		2382
2027	You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by	2383	You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2028	I<following> this with the appropriate commands.	2384	I<following> this with the appropriate C<--disable-...> arguments,
		2385	or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
		2386	C<--disable-everything> and than adding just the C<--enable-...> arguments
		2387	you want.
2029		2388
2030	=item --enable-xft	2389	=item --enable-xft (default: enabled)
2031		2390
2032	Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are	2391	Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2033	slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you	2392	slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2034	don't pay for them.	2393	don't pay for them.
2035		2394
2036	=item --enable-font-styles	2395	=item --enable-font-styles (default: on)
2037		2396
2038	Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font	2397	Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
2039	styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.	2398	styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2040		2399
2041	=item --with-codesets=NAME,...	2400	=item --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
2042		2401
2043	Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are	2402	Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (C<eu>, C<vn>
2044	always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These	2403	are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2045	codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they	2404	codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2046	are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary	2405	for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2047	bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless	2406	replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
		2407	binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2048	you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings.	2408	memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2049		2409
2050	=begin table	2410	=begin table
2051		2411
2052	all all available codeset groups	2412	all all available codeset groups
2053	cn common chinese encodings	2413	zh common chinese encodings
2054	cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs	2414	zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2055	jp common japanese encodings	2415	jp common japanese encodings
2056	jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings	2416	jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2057	kr korean encodings	2417	kr korean encodings
2058		2418
2059	=end table	2419	=end table
2060		2420
2061	=item --enable-xim	2421	=item --enable-xim (default: on)
2062		2422
2063	Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using	2423	Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2064	alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly	2424	alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2065	set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.	2425	set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2066		2426
2067	=item --enable-unicode3	2427	=item --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
2068		2428
2069	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above	2429	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2070	65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage	2430	65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2071	requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet	2431	requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2072	support these extra characters, but Xft does.	2432	support these extra characters, but Xft does.
…		…
2075	even without this flag, but the number of such characters is	2435	even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2076	limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,	2436	limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2077	see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them	2437	see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2078	(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).	2438	(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2079		2439
2080	=item --enable-combining	2440	=item --enable-combining (default: on)
2081		2441
2082	Enable automatic composition of combining characters into	2442	Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2083	composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text	2443	composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2084	where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is	2444	where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2085	done by using precomposited characters when available or creating	2445	done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2086	new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.	2446	new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2087		2447
2088	Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed	2448	Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters
2089	characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the	2449	is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the
2090	private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With	2450	private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2091	--enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also enable	2451	--enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2092	storage of characters >65535.	2452
		2453	This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
		2454	beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
2093		2455
2094	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,	2456	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2095	but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used.	2457	but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
		2458	tell me how these are to be used...).
2096		2459
2097	=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS)	2460	=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
2098		2461
2099	When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS	2462	When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2100	(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2101		2463
2102	=item --with-res-name=NAME	2464	=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2103		2465
2104	Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when	2466	Use the given name as default application name when
2105	reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.	2467	reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2106		2468
2107	=item --with-res-class=CLASS	2469	=item --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
2108		2470
2109	Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class	2471	Use the given class as default application class
2110	when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace	2472	when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2111	rxvt.	2473	rxvt.
2112		2474
2113	=item --enable-utmp	2475	=item --enable-utmp (default: on)
2114		2476
2115	Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at	2477	Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
2116	start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.	2478	start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2117		2479
2118	=item --enable-wtmp	2480	=item --enable-wtmp (default: on)
2119		2481
2120	Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at	2482	Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
2121	start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This	2483	start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2122	option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.	2484	option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2123		2485
2124	=item --enable-lastlog	2486	=item --enable-lastlog (default: on)
2125		2487
2126	Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like	2488	Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2127	F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires	2489	F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2128	--enable-utmp to also be specified.	2490	--enable-utmp to also be specified.
2129		2491
2130	=item --enable-xpm-background	2492	=item --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
2131		2493
2132	Add support for XPM background pixmaps.	2494	Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2133		2495
2134	=item --enable-transparency	2496	=item --enable-transparency (default: on)
2135		2497
2136	Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake	2498	Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2137	transparency to the term.	2499	transparency to the term.
2138		2500
2139	=item --enable-fading	2501	=item --enable-fading (default: on)
2140		2502
2141	Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.	2503	Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
2142		2504
2143	=item --enable-tinting	2505	=item --enable-tinting (default: on)
2144		2506
2145	Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.	2507	Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
2146		2508
2147	=item --enable-menubar	2509	=item --enable-menubar (default: off) [DEPRECATED]
2148		2510
2149	Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with	2511	Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with dynamic
2150	dynamic locale switching currently).	2512	locale switching currently). This option is DEPRECATED and will be removed
		2513	in the future.
2151		2514
2152	=item --enable-rxvt-scroll	2515	=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
2153		2516
2154	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.	2517	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2155		2518
2156	=item --enable-next-scroll	2519	=item --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
2157		2520
2158	Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.	2521	Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2159		2522
2160	=item --enable-xterm-scroll	2523	=item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
2161		2524
2162	Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.	2525	Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2163		2526
2164	=item --enable-plain-scroll	2527	=item --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
2165		2528
2166	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that	2529	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2167	is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for	2530	is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2168	many years.	2531	many years.
2169		2532
2170	=item --enable-half-shadow	2533	=item --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
2171		2534
2172	Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.	2535	Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2173	only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.	2536	only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2174		2537
2175	=item --enable-ttygid	2538	=item --enable-ttygid (default: off)
2176		2539
2177	Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if	2540	Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2178	your system uses this type of security.	2541	your system uses this type of security.
2179		2542
2180	=item --disable-backspace-key	2543	=item --disable-backspace-key
2181		2544
2182	Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server	2545	Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
		2546
		2547	=item --disable-delete-key
		2548
		2549	Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2183	do it.	2550	do it.
2184		2551
2185	=item --disable-delete-key
2186
2187	Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2188	do it.
2189
2190	=item --disable-resources	2552	=item --disable-resources
2191		2553
2192	Remove all resources checking.	2554	Removes any support for resource checking.
2193		2555
2194	=item --enable-xgetdefault	2556	=item --enable-strings (default: off)
2195
2196	Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
2197	version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
2198	then ~/.Xresources.
2199
2200	=item --enable-strings
2201		2557
2202	Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other	2558	Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
2203	various routines, overriding your system's versions which may	2559	various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2204	have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries	2560	have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2205	to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many	2561	to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2206	GNU/Linux systems).	2562	GNU/Linux systems).
2207		2563
2208	=item --disable-swapscreen	2564	=item --disable-swapscreen
2209		2565
2210	Remove support for swap screen.	2566	Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2211		2567
2212	=item --enable-frills	2568	=item --enable-frills (default: on)
2213		2569
2214	Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to	2570	Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2215	have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to	2571	have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2216	disable this.	2572	disable this.
2217		2573
		2574	A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
		2575	in combination with other switches) is:
		2576
		2577	MWM-hints
		2578	EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
		2579	seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
		2580	settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
		2581	settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
		2582	iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
		2583	backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
		2584	window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
		2585	tripleclickwords (-tcw)
		2586	settable insecure mode (-insecure)
		2587	keysym remapping support
		2588	cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
		2589	XEmbed support (-embed)
		2590	user-pty (-pty-fd)
		2591	hold on exit (-hold)
		2592	skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
		2593	sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
		2594
2218	=item --enable-iso14755	2595	=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
2219		2596
2220	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or	2597	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2221	F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by	2598	F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2222	C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with	2599	C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2223	this switch.	2600	this switch.
2224		2601
2225	=item --enable-linespace
2226
2227	Add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows.
2228
2229	=item --enable-keepscrolling	2602	=item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
2230		2603
2231	Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold	2604	Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2232	the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.	2605	the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2233		2606
2234	=item --enable-mousewheel	2607	=item --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
2235		2608
2236	Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.	2609	Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2237		2610
2238	=item --enable-slipwheeling	2611	=item --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
2239		2612
2240	Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an	2613	Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2241	accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option	2614	accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2242	requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.	2615	requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2243		2616
2244	=item --disable-new-selection	2617	=item --disable-new-selection
2245		2618
2246	Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.	2619	Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2247		2620
2248	=item --enable-dmalloc	2621	=item --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
2249		2622
2250	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See	2623	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2251	http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the	2624	http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2252	next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point	2625	next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2253	DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.	2626	DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2254		2627
2255	You can only use either this option and the following (should	2628	You can only use either this option and the following (should
2256	you use either) .	2629	you use either) .
2257		2630
2258	=item --enable-dlmalloc	2631	=item --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
2259		2632
2260	Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version	2633	Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2261	See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.	2634	See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2262		2635
2263	=item --enable-smart-resize	2636	=item --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
2264		2637
2265	Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot	2638	Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2266	keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is	2639	keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2267	closest to a corner of the screen.	2640	the screen in a fixed position.
2268		2641
2269	=item --enable-cursor-blink
2270
2271	Add support for a blinking cursor.
2272
2273	=item --enable-pointer-blank	2642	=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
2274		2643
2275	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.	2644	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2276		2645
2277	=item --with-name=NAME	2646	=item --enable-perl (default: off)
2278		2647
		2648	Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>
		2649	manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files
		2650	in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
		2651	perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment
		2652	variable when running configure.
		2653
		2654	=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
		2655
2279	Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, resulting in	2656	Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2280	urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.	2657	in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
		2658	C<rxvt>.
2281		2659
2282	=item --with-term=NAME	2660	=item --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
2283		2661
2284	Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default	2662	Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
2285	"rxvt")
2286		2663
2287	=item --with-terminfo=PATH	2664	=item --with-terminfo=PATH
2288		2665
2289	Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to	2666	Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2290	PATH.	2667	PATH.

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